Long-Term Climate Monitoring in Antarctica

Antarctica, it’s a harsh continent. Dave Riebel (‘00) has just returned from a year spent living and working at NOAA’s Atmospheric Research Observatory, part of the Amundsen-Scott research station located at the Geographic South Pole. While there, he was responsible for repairing and maintaining a suite of climate-monitoring equipment during six months of uninterrupted daylight, six months of uninterrupted night, and temperatures below -100⁰ F.

Come find out how one gets to the South Pole, what life is like once you get there, and what science we get out of the whole thing.